Safety-razor.



G. G. WARD SAFETY RAZOR. APPLICATION FILED mm, 1907,

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CHARLES G. W'ARD. OF CHICAGO, ILL

.LNCIS ASSIGNORETO THE EJ'ARD SAFETY RAZOR i sarnrynazon.

Specification of Letters Patent.

latentee Jan. Elli-i Kilt-rd.

Application filed May 2?, 190?. Serial No. 372,593.

To all whom it may concern.

lie it known that l, CHARLES ti. ll'lnn. a eitizen ot the United .tdtaies residing at (hit-ago, in the eountv of Cook and State ol' lllinois, have invei'ited eerlain new and useful Improvements in Safetyllazors, l' whit-h the following is a deseriptioin tletenee beinghad to the areonipninving.drawlug. forming, part. of this speeilitiation.

My invention has for its objeet theproduction of a safety razor which inn he used in the same manner as the ort'linaiw blade razor, and whieh shall be simple in eonstruetion and etlieient in operation, and in which the blades may be readily removed and replaced. its novelty will he hereina iter set forth, and pt'trtieulartv pointed out in my claims.

In the aeeompanyingdrawi 1 is a perspective view ol the front 1 blade side'of ntv improved razor; Fig. a corresponding view of the back side thereof; Fig. Il a similar view oi the front side of the razor, with the blade removed and the tnbu lar handle broken away to expose the inner end of the retaining plunger and the coiled spring contained in said handle; and Fig. l a perspective view oi the removable blade.

'lhe same letters of reference are used to indicate correspondingparts in the several. views.

As will be observed from the drawings my in'iproved razor eoinprises a blade and blzule-holder, and a handle extending" from one end thereof and in line therewith, and in the present instanee terminating in a rin for the reception of the little linger of ones hand when using the razor, and by which the razor may also be hung up when not in use.

In the present instance both the handle ,t and the blade-holding portion B are formed from a. single piece of metal tubing. Finthe handle portion the tubing is allowed to retain its tubular fornn but at the juno tion of the handle portion and the bladeholding portion the tubing is out crosswise through its upper or forward side to a point about midwa throu h the tuhin and t b 17 also slit longitudinally along its middle and then flattened out as shown and provided with guard teeth upon its opposite edges. The tubular handle portion is cutaway as shown at a adjacent the point of junction of the handle and holder, to expose the and of the retaining ilunger t l, whieh is inserted in the handle troni the open end thereof adjaeent the birdie-holder. The opposite end ot the tubular handle is elosetl h the ring l). wlueh is: sold Al or otherwise firmly seeured thereto. Confined \vithinihe handle. and sewing to i s the plunger C outward, is a roiled p E. This spring may simply bear a nst the end of the plunger and press it outward, and a suitable stop he provid d to limit the outward mmxement of the plunger; hut in the present instance ll provide the plunger with a reduced inner end. to which l secure the adjaetmt; end of the spring l. For the majorportion of its length the spring F1 oil snllieiertl less (llllllGltjt than the interior of the tubular handle to pei nit the spring to he freely eoinpr' "ed and to reely expand, but in the f'tllt instant-e I make the extreme end of spri the plunge of sut- .iieientlyi ger tlflt'litltt' than the body of the. sp ing to eanse to snugly lit the internal l of the handle. sothat after the spring toreed. into place the-friction oil? its enlarged end within the handle will serve to retain it and the plui or in position and prevent aeeidental t'lisplaeeinent of the lat.- ter, the length of the spring being such that when in plaee it. will tend to 'press the plunger outward to approximately the position shown inl ig. 3.

At its end opposite the plunger the blade holder provided with a. retaining; lug or hook l which hook and the spring-pressed plunger are adapted to cooperate with V- 'shaped notches in the opposite ends of the removable hladetl to seeure the latter in place upon the holder. the projecting end of the plunger i) being suitahly rounded oil of piointed to engage and iii the notch in the adjacent end of the blade. The removable blade G formed of thin sheet steel having its opposite edges properly ground and sharpened. and it is firmly held in place upon the flat surfaee ot the holder B by the engagement of the retainer F with its outer end and the springpressed plunger C with its inner end. in practice a eonsiderable nuinher o't sueh blades will he supplied with each razor. To remove one blade and substitute another itv simply necessary to press the plunger C downward into the handle with ones thumb until the blade is released, and to then substitute another blade in. its place and permit the plunger to spring outward and engage it.

The surface of the handle is knurled or otherwise roughened, as shown, to enable it to be more securely held in the hand when in use.

its will be understood from the foregoing description I have, by the construction de scribed, produced a razor of very simple and convenient form, which can be economically manufactured, which can be held in the hand and used in the same manner as the ordinary or old-fashined blade razors, with attendant advantages of the latter, and in which the detachable blades may be removed and replaced with the greatest ease and facility.

in the present instance, and referably, both sides of the blade-holder 1 3 are provided with guard teeth, so that the razor may be used with either the right or the left hand. If designed for use with only one hand, however, only one side of the holder need be provided with such teeth, and when one side 01": the blade becomes dulled by use its position can be reversed and the opposite side he used.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim:

l. A safety razor, comprising a blade holder having a blade-supporting surface and fixed blade-engaging means at one end, a handle extending longitudinally from the opposite end of the holder, spring-pressed blade-engaging means at the end of the holder adjacent the handle, and a flat sheet metal blade removably held in position upon the holder by the fixed and spring-pressed engaging means at its opposite ends; substantially as described.

0 A safety razor, comprising a bladeholder provided with fixed blade-engaging means at one end and spring-pressed bladeengaging means at its opposite end, a flat sheet metal blade provided with notches in its opposite ends adapted to be engaged by said fixed and spring-pressed blade-engaging means, and a handle extending longitudinally from one end of the blade-holder; substantially as described.

it safety razor, comprising a bladeholder having blade-engaging means at one end and a. tubular handle extending longitudinally from its opposite end, a springpressed plunger located in said handle and projecting from its end adjacent the bladeholder, and a blade removably secured in position upon the blade-holder by the bladeengaging means at one end of the holder and the spring-pressed plunger at the other end of it; substantially as described.

t. A safety razor comprising a bladeholder having fixed blade-engaging means at one end and a tubular handle extending longitudinally from its opposite end, a spring-pressed plunger located in said handle and projecting from its end adjacent the blade-holder, and a flat sheet-metal blade provided with notches in its'opposite ends adapted to be engaged by said fixed blade engaging means and said spring-pressed plunger, respectively, to removably secure said blade in position upon the blade-holder; substantially as described.

A safety razor, comprising the bladeholder B having the blade-engaging hook or projection F at one end, the tubular handle A extending longitudinally from the opposite end of the holder B, the spring-pressed plunger C located in said tubular handle, and the blade G having the notches in its opposite ends adapted to be engaged by the lug F and spring-pressed plunger C at the opposite ends of-the blade-holder to secure the blade in position upon said holder; substantially as described.

6. A safety razor, comprising the handle A and blade-holder B formed. from a single piece of tubing, the spring-pressed plunger C located in said handle, and the blade G removably held in place upon the holder B by blade-engaging means at one end of said holder and by the spring-pressed plunger 0 at its opposite end; substantially as described.

7.'A safety razor, comprising the bladeholder B having bladeengaging means at one end, the tubular handle A extending longitudinally from the opposite end of saidv holder and provided at its free end with the ring D, the springpressed plunger 0 located in the handle A, and the blade G removably secured in position upon the bladelolder by the blade-engaging means at one' end of said holder and the spring-pressed plunger C at its opposite end; substantially as described.

CHARLES GI \VARD. 

